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London, June 20 (IANS) “Harry Potter” fans can now visit the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and enjoy rides on the steam-belching Hogwarts Express train at a magical theme park at the Universal Studios.
Actor Daniel Radcliffe and other stars from the “Harry Potter” movies greeted hundreds of fans at the theme park, as they finally got to enter the “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” at Universal Orlando.

The theme park brings the popular “Harry Potter” books and movies to life with rides, shops and detailed reproductions of the fictitious village of Hogsmeade, the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and the Hogwarts Express.

“What Universal Orlando has done with ‘Harry Potter’ is really, really fantastic. We’re very grateful that the next part of the ‘Harry Potter’ legacy has been so well-done and so well-made,” dailymail.co.uk quoted Radcliffe as saying.

The park, spread across a stretch of over 20 acres, received a long queue of guests.

Its marquee ride - “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey” - is filled with special effects as it takes guests on a flight through Harry’s life, including encounters with dementors and a dragon, and projections of characters from the film.

The park also has two roller-coasters, flight of the hippogriff and dragon challenge, as well as themed stores like Honeydukes Confectionary and Ollivander’s wand shop.